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A scientist stares into a beaker of water. He's wearing a lab coat with a pink shirt underneath. He has blue eyes and greying hair.

COVID, Research, Science

Halifax researchers using new skills, tools to monitor water systems for pathogens

by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2023May 3, 2023

A Delta plane taxis on the tarmac, while a smaller plane takes off in the background.

Air travel and air quality: lessons on masks, filtration, and ventilation

by Philip Moscovitch April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

A senior woman wearing a bright striped top, scarf and olive coloured jacket stands smiling broadly in front of a window beside a younger woman. The grinning younger woman is holding a phone in front of them, taking a selfie.

COVID, Medical Research

Dalhousie researcher: pandemic’s effects on mental health in long-term care ‘very mixed’

by Yvette d'Entremont April 18, 2023April 25, 2023

COVID

On average, 38 Nova Scotians are dying from COVID each month, five times the number of flu deaths

by Tim Bousquet April 17, 2023April 17, 2023

A close-up photo illustration of what the coronavirus looks like. This one is rendered in red with green, blue, and pink crowns, on a black background.

COVID

12 more COVID deaths announced in Nova Scotia

by Tim Bousquet April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

A rectangular, modern house sits on a snowy hilltop.

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

A large white boat in the water.

Billionaire John Risley won’t pay his credit card bill, says American Express

by Tim Bousquet March 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Three red and white smoke stacks against a blue sky, with crisscrossing power wires, a fence, and colourful leaves in the foreground.

During the early February cold snap, the peak power demand was nearly 10% higher than the previous record

by Tim Bousquet February 27, 2023November 9, 2023

The utterly empty Halifax airport in March, 2020.

COVID, Medical Research

Canadian researchers increase wastewater testing at airports to detect new COVID variants

by Yvette d'Entremont February 16, 2023February 23, 2023

Two men sitting at a table.

Premier Tim Houston and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are silent as 27 more people die from COVID

by Tim Bousquet February 10, 2023November 9, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.